Valve



Feb. 25, 1947. E, GROSS 2,416,385

. VALVE Filed Aug. 19, 1944 Patented Feb. 25, 1947 PATENT OFF IYCE" VALVE" EmilGross; Wauwatosa, Wis;,. assignor to Allis?- Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis, aicorporationiof Delaware: 1 ApplicationAug-ust 19, 194A; Serial No. 550149 ing ring and disk through the central'boresofithe:

vide valves, at. the outer" peripheral portions thereof {,with renewable sealing; strips" or rings which'may be radially 'adjusted to provide"- a water-tight 7 joint b'etweenithe valve"and"the'"-seat when the valveis in closed'position'. By theprm visionzoffsuch strips, a"tight"valve"seating 'may n be maintained byperiodically" adjusting the strip to.vcomp ensa.te' for wear, deformation or the like; and when the seaIing strip has,outlivedf'its use= fulness andis novlonger capable of "performing the function ,of preventing water leakage when the valve is closed;the,strip may be removed and replaced, after both .upstream an'd. downstream pressure have been shut off, without necessitating replacement of other far more; expensive parts;

In the past, however, 1 great 1. di'fliculty has been experienced'in attempting to'provide an entirely satisfactory, means for, effecting adjustment L, of these,v separateisealing strips especially where the valve is to be utili'zed forihandling waterunder relativelychigh' pressure; One typeofheretofore proposed prior .art "device (such "as that "disclosed mp: S.. Patent Nor-1,546,594, July; 21; 1925 to CJB. MeAu'leyX-forefiectizig adjustmentofseaL ingstrips for disk va1ves"of thebutterfiy'typaim idcksbrews and' into: the 'valveidisk;

The presentiinvention contemplatestaprovisio a of unitary devices extending i= into: the-i hollow in -v terior of the valve disk and accessible from-the downstream side of thesva'lve whencthe valveiis ii-rclosed position foreffecting: radial adjustments: ofperiph'eral sealing strips; eitherrinto. oroutiz'ofi seali'ng engagement with their aseat i withima the: valve casing, andlfor positively lockingxsuchstirips in adjusted' position; Whiter prev'entingr: leakage past the-parts into the interionof the:disk during; all such adjustments: and F10Ckil'lg'iOlQBllZltiOIlSiL Itis an object of 'the' presentiinvention::to: pjroes vide an :improved 'valvev structure comprisingi a:

, val-ve disk having ".aiaperi'ph'eral' groove .=-and. pros justments -would-'often be impossible by reason of it'srseat to'reli'eve -bindi-n'g or stiokin'g of tl'ievalve withinzth'e housing" such adjust'menv being one in which flui'dflunder' pressure would obviously leakafreelyqpast theclearances between the 'seal' 7 vided: with a 1 sea1-ing.'- stripfidisposed therein and: cooperable-i with the 1 interior: of :the walve easing; adjustable means 1 adapted to seat against-m the strip; and "means coaotingidirectly? with the: ad;

j ustable means :andJwithithewstriwfor i positively seating' an'dilocking .therstripi againstithezadiiuste ablmeans.

Another object 'of "the present inventioniiiseto provide an improved adjustable seal for-"valve disks which s obviates." all; of; the: disadvantages heretoforeencounteredu.

' Another object of'itheinventiomis'atosprovide improved-1 adjusting mechanism .-for peripheral sealing? strips especiallyadapted? for: butterfly valves by means of 'whi'ch v such: strips may:=read-ily be'-radia11y: adjustedrtoward: or away: fromethe valve ihOllSiIlg while aunder high pressures.

Another object of ithe rinventionris to:- provide improved l'unitary devices '*for reffectingiuniversal adjustment of disk valve sealingistrips-:from-zthe downstream1side'of the valvei'and' withoutmem'oval ofalparts" while thei-valve .;disk ;is-'in, closed postiomandrunder:pressure:

Another object: ofrthis. inventiom is to provide improvedzmeans. for-adjusting zdiskevalve' sealing strips 'iwherein all parts: extendintoathe interior of.the:zvalveediskoandiare readi y accessible-r-fo'r effecting r adjustments a wit-hout removal: thereof.

Still another objectrof: the-{present dnventiom-is to zprovide improved ,iadjustingadevicese especially adapte d? f or: butterfly -valve sealing stripsg which may'ibezreadily'appliedzgandzwhich'tmawbe manipulated while-the ivalvevisrrunderpressure-Ito insure tight'closingirof thenvalveas well aasntogreleaserthe valve fromwitsrseat withinzr-theihousingiwheni the strip binds onsfiokstheretm 'An additionalob'ject of my invention" is to pro= vide "a renewable seal for preventing leakage disk valvesi and magma "efiic'i'ent improvedi'device to the drawing accompanying and forming a part,

of this specification wherein like reference characters designate the same or similar parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a transverse part sectional view through the valve disk and casing taken along the line II of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a central "vertical section through the valve disk and casing showing the valve in closed position; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the details of my improved adjusting device and sealing means as applied to butterfly valves.

Referring to the drawing, the valve structure therein illustrated comprises in general a valve casing or housing 5 of circular transvers crosssection, as shown in -Fig. 1, and a valve disk or wicket 6 carried by a'supporting shaft I journaled in the casing 5 for rotational movement of the disk 6 through actuating levers and operating means of conventional design, not shown. Supply and. discharge pipes, likewise not shown, communicate with the opposite open ends of the easing 5, and the valve'disk 6 may be swung to different positions toregulate the flow past the valve. The valve disk 6 is provided with a peripheral groove II] for receiving a segmental sealing strip 'or ring I I which may be of any desired 2 is provided with an annular series of radially extending screw threaded holes I3 in the wall there of adjacent the groove portion while the segmental strip I I is provided with a series of correspondingly spaced screw threaded openings I4 opening toward the holes I3 and formed concentric therewith. Referring particularly to Fig. 3, an adjusting screw I6 having a central bore I'I extending therethrough and counterbored at I8 is threaded into each of the holes I3 and seats on the inner surface of the strip I I to urge the strip radially away from the wall I2 of the groove I0 toward the casing 5. The bore I1 is preferably provided with an enlarged neck portion I9 adjacent the counterbore I8 for reasons hereinafter specified, and the screw I6 is provided with a lock nut 20 to lock the same in any desired position of adjustment.

. A stud bolt 22, disposedconcentrically of the adjusting screw I6 and freely movable within the To prevent leakage past the clearances provided for the strip I I and through the bore II to the interior of the disk 6, a packing 26 within the counterbore I8 and surrounding the stud bolt 22 is provided. The packing 26 may be retained in position by means of a metal ring 29 and screws 21, or other-suitable means, and the packing 26 is preferably formed, as shown in Fig-3,with an annular depending collar or flange 28 engaging the stud bolt 22 and extending downwardly from the counterbore I8 into the bore I1 and the enlarged portion I9 thereof.

In assembling the improved valve structure, the segmental-sealing strip II is first placed in position within the groove In with the opening I4 in alinement with the holes I3. The screws I6, lock nuts 20," stud bolts 22, packing 26, washer 23 and nut 24 may then be loosely assembled in position in the most convenient order and in an obvious manner, and the valve disk may then be swung to closed position as shown in the drawing.

the housing, and the lock nuts 20 are brought into locking position against the inner wall of the disk. The packings may then be checked and tightened, and the sealing strip retained tightly against the adjusting screws through the stud bolt by tightening the nut 24. Access to the interior of the disk for the foregoing adjustments may obviously be obtained through openings 38 in the downstream face of the disk which may be covered with plates 3| if desired, and the assembly and original adjustments must, of course, be effected only after the fluid has been drained from the casing and adjoining supply and discharge pipes. ,After all parts have been assembled and adjusted as described, the valve is ready for use under pressure, and further adjustments may be made from the downstream side withthe valve in closed position and without'relieving the upstream pressure. I j V It is apparent that, as wear occurs from constant opening and closing of the valve disk, the sealing strip may be reseated against the casing by merely closing the valve, backing off the lock nuts 20 and stud nuts 24, tightening the adjusting screws I8, and finally tightening the lock nuts and stud nuts. To move the sealing strip from seating engagement with the casing in the event of binding or sticking thereof, the lock nuts 20 and adjusting screws I6 are both backed off after the nuts 24 have been loosened, and the segmental strip II may then be pulled inwardly from its seat by tightening the nut 24 after lock nuts 20 have been adjusted to effect locking of the screws I6 in backed-01f position. a

bore I I, has one end threaded in the opening I4 tightened to look the segmental strip II tightly into seating engagement with the screw I6,

It should be noted that the sealing strip-may be readily adjusted in a simple manner either radially inwardly, away from-seating engagement with the casing, or radially outwardly, toward seating engagement therewith, and without ne cessi-ty for removal of any parts which might resultinloss of such parts as well as valuable time in effecting the adjustment. The adjusting device;- moreover, iscompact and unitary and maybe-located entirely within the valve diskor wicket, with no working parts interfering with the surface of thedisk. Adjustments may be made while the valve is closed andnnder extremely-high pressure without dangerous leakage through the clearances to the interior of the disk because of the improved construction and design which permits thepackings to be so located and formed as to prevent leakage even though "the st'udnuts and'washers might be 'removedz' Bye- 1 5i valve -structure?comprising a: casingazm providing the-,packing with collarsflbextendin va: disk rotatablyr-mounted withinsaidrcasingrr intotthe enlarged portions 1 9 of' thenentral-bbresa and liaving :anmuten'peripheral f groove,-.ai1sealing;:: offthe'adjusting screws'; the"pressure through the stripdi's'posed within- 'saidigroove rand"'cooperalolesv clearancesdo'es not bearentirely ln-an axial =di with?the interier ofsaid basing; adjustable means; rection on the packing but instead is somewhat-=1 formed for seating engagementiwithsaid strip radial and aids; in* retaining the packing collar means disposed boncentrically:vof said "adjustable tightly againstthetstud bolt? means and coacting with, said Tstrip' forseatinga While" the sealing Stfip11'aS," been shown" as, and ilock'ing said stript ag-ainst saidadjustable-r formed .of twosegments 'and with'nine-of my-in'r: means"; saidconcentrically-disposedmeanshaving proved adjusting devices "applied to each segment?- i aewasher*-'direct1y engageable with 1 said adjust-i ther number of segments andadjusting' unitsnor able meanse and far pack-ing; between said adjust eachisegment may obviouslybe varied"as*dsired: able means and said concentrically disposedi without "departing from the scope: Murry-invent means;to-rpreventrleakage*therebetweens tion;, andl'while. the improved,device has'sbeen zlfir 6i"?valve -structureecomprising; a casingsas shown 1 and described asxbeing; applied totapar v'alve diskxrotatably*rrrountd .within said'icasing ticular .type of 'butterfly' valve; it israpparentito 7" an "'aving anrouten peripheral groove, assealing persons skilled .in the artth'at "itmay' be futilized strip -disposedrwithin-:said 'fgrooveantl "cooperablez with any valve requiring similar adjustments? witl'e: the interior: orsaid casing; anadjusting; 1 Itishould'itherefore beunderstood" thatr" it ids-%;serew' havinga central bore-and formed-'i1: n coac+ notlde'sired to limit "the present invention to the v tifm' Said f f adjusting p s t exact details of "construction and"operati n-- and thereon and "meansaxiallymovable r within-said? theparticular. application herein. shownanddes bore secureda 'at on'e end -to 'said strip and formed scribed, for .various modifications within .thesoopebfldirect coaction at the'opi te W -Sa of'theclaims,may occur to persons skllled 'imthe 2m ii s w or" n said p n j s art." posi ion:-

It is claimeduand-s desired-ltd secure by Letters A valvwstmfiilli'ecjcflmprisingy s Patent; valve-'disk rotatably mounted within said casing 1; le- 1; t gm a; s n a and-Shaving;an outer peri-pheralgroove, a sealing valve disk cooperable with said casing forregu= llfli i p s "W t na d cooperable'i lating flow:therethrou'ghvandrrhavingfia:peripheral w th the-interior of said casing, an j t n Screw OVB, a sealing strip disposedwithin said groove, having a'centra-l bore and eounterbcreandformed and,cooperable with the interior of saidcasingyfdlrseatin'g v thSa t lwmeans adjustable meansiormedfdrseatirig engagement X' i7 Vab e-With n said bore secured at: one with said'strimandm a coacting di fly t end-tosaidstripand formed 'for direct-coaction an;endiof said'"adjustable meansiand with' s'aid e*vpp e end with said adjustine w for" strip for seating'and"'locking'said strip a'gainst seali'ingiandlle'cking *Said T St p agalnst said ad Said adju t bl memm justing screw, and a packing disposed within said 2 A valve structure comprising, a casing a counterbore and surrounding said axially movvalve disk rotatably mounted within said casing able means" and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing A Va1ve Structure compns lngj a a strip disposed within said groove and cooperable Valve d1s k rotatably mminted Wlthm Sald caslng with the interior of said casing, adjustable means haivmg an pelflpheral groove sealmg formed for seating engagement with said strip strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with the interior of said casing, an adjusting screw having a central bore and counterbore and formed for seating engagement with said strip, means axially movable within said bore secured at one end to said strip and formed for direct coaction at the opposite end with said adjusting screw for seating and locking said strip against for positioning said strip, and means carried by 5 said strip for seating and locking said strip against said adjustable means, said seating and locking means having a washer directly engageable with said adjustable means.

3. A valve structure comprising, a casing, a valve disk rotatably mounted. within said casing and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with the interior of said casing, adjustable means formed for seating engagement with said strip, and means coacting directly with said adjustable means and with said strip. for seating and locking said strip against said adjustable means, said adjustable means and said seating and look-- ing means both extending into the interior of said so disk.

4. A valve structure comprising, a casing, a valve disk rotatably mounted within said casing and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with the interior of said casing, adjustable means formed for seating engagement with said strip,

in said counterbore and urrounding said axially movable means, said packing having an annular collar extending axially of said adjusting screw into said bore.

9. A valve structure comprising, a casing, a valve disk rotatably mounted within said casing and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with-the interior of said casing, an adjusting screw having a central bore and counterbore and formed for seating engagement with said strip, said bore having an enlarged portion adjacent said 'counterbore, means axiallymovable within saidlbore secured at one end to said strip and formed for direct coaction at the opposite end and means disposed concentrically of said adjustn adJutmg screw eam and lockmg able means and coacting with said strip for seat- Sam fi agamst i s m screw ing and locking said strip against said adjustpackmgsecured to Smd 5 Screw Wlthm able means, said concentrically disposed means S counterbore and surroundms Said a a y having a washer directly engageable with said movable means, Said packinglhaving an a n a adjustable means and said adjustable means and collar extending axially of sai a ju S e said concentrically disposed means both extendinto the enlarged portion of said bore.

ing into the interior of said disk. 10. A valve structure comprising, a casing, a,

said adjusting screw, and a packing disposed withvalve disk rotatably mounted within said casing and having an outer'peripheral groove, a sealing,

11. A valve structure comprising, a casing ta valve disk rotatably mounted within said casing and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealingv strip disposed withinsaid groove and cooperable with the interior of said casing, an adjusting screw formed for seating engagement with said strip, a stud bolt disposed concentrically of said adjusting screw and having one end thereof threadably engaging said strip, and a nut threadably engaging the opposite end of said stud bolt and coacting with said adjusting screwufor seating and locking said strip against said adjusting screw, said adjusting screw and said nut both extending into the interior of said disk. u

' 12. A valve structure comprising, a casing, a valve disk rotatably mounted within said casing and having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with the interior of saidcasing, an adjusting screw having a central bore and counterbore and formed for coaction with said strip for adjusting the position thereof, a stud bolt extending through the bore of said adjusting screw, a packing disposed Within the counterbore of said adjusting screw and surrounding saidstud bolt, and means threadably engaging said stud bolt at one end thereof and formed for coaction with said adjusting-screw; above the counterbore, said stud bolt" being secured at the opposite end thereof to said strip.

v13. A valve structure comprising, a casing a valve disk rotatably mounted within said casingand having an outer peripheral groove, a sealing strip disposed within said groove and cooperable with the interior of said casing, an adjusting screw having a central bore and counterbore andv formed for coaction with said strip for adjusting the position-thereof, means for locking said adjusting screw in any position lof adjustment, ,a

stud bolt extendingthrough the bore of said adjusting screw, a packing disposed within the coun--. terbore of said adjusting screw and surrounding,

said stud bolt, a cover plate for the counterbore seating on said adjusting screw and extending around said stud bolt, and means threadably ens 'gaging said stud .bolt at one .end thereof and:

formed ..for coaction with said adjustingscrew through said cover plate, said stud bolt. being secured-at the opposite end thereof to said strip.

' EMIL GROSS.

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